Hi Michelle,
Thank you for your note. I'm happy to engage with you as well as the entire town. I believe in transparency and I look forward to a great campaign. Thank you also for your kind words about my service, I am lucky to currently serve this great town and have had the privilege to serve in the United States Army for the last 17 years, some as active duty and some in the reserve. I enjoy all the work I do for this community and will always be willing to give back and help out. One of the reasons I am running for Select Board is that while I think Lincoln is amazing, I think we can do more. We need more diverse housing options. I also want to work to make our town more friendly to businesses and to help our town grow, which benefits everyone in town. I would like to work with state leaders to help get grants and funding to bring a more diverse work force to town, along with more housing options. I also want to work to reduce our taxes to help keep our town affordable so it doesn’t price people out of our great town. My time on the School Committee has, for me, been one of my greatest public services. I support all the work that the schools are doing to make our schools a more welcoming, inclusive and better place for all of our students. This is why I have advocated for expanded preschool, the addition of an HR director to focus on diverse hiring, and an increased focus on the huge achievement gap we have. I agree with the district's ultimate goals but sometimes I do disagree with the path. I endeavor to be professional in my debates on these tough issues. Lastly, if I am lucky enough to win this election I have spoken to the chair of the School Committee and I will step down. My seat on CAPCOM is tied to my School Committee seat so I will no longer serve in that capacity if I step down from School Committee. Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me and I appreciate all that you do for our town! Adam M Hogue Candidate for Select Board On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 5:18 AM Michelle Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Adam, > > Thank you for your service to our town, for your service to our country as > (I believe) a reservist, and for your willingness to continue to serve the > Lincoln community. I appreciate your commitment to public service and your > willingness to run for public office. > > Since issues of equity, inclusion and diversity are central and integral > to some of the existential policy decisions we will need to make as a town > over time including about housing, open space, education and the provision > of public services to all in our community to name a few, it is important > to me to understand where your heart and mind stand on these issues. > > As I understand it from the first roughly half hour of the December 2nd > School Committee meeting recording (Dec 2 School Committee > <https://lincolntv.viebit.com/player.php?hash=1wMW22v5jNvS>), although it > was not required that the School Committee vote on the District's AIDE > stance, since, as eventually explained by Superintendent Dr. McFall and > Assistant Superintendent Dr. Rose, the District is following both MA state > and Department of Defense curriculum guidelines in this work, it was asked > to vote to accept or support the District's AIDE stance at the December 2nd > meeting. This was an unscheduled vote evidently and it seemed from my > perspective to be essentially a vote of confidence in the District's AIDE > stance. You voted to abstain. > > Dec 2 School Committee > > <https://lincolntv.viebit.com/player.php?hash=1wMW22v5jNvS> > > > > At the December 16th meeting (2021 Dec 16 School Committee > <https://lincolntv.viebit.com/player.php?hash=RlFLGrGl97oJ>, also roughly > the first half hour of the meeting), there were a series of public comments > from the perspective of different stakeholders — Administrative Council, > the Lincoln Educators Association, the METCO Liaison to the School > Committee, and various current and previous Boston-based leaders who have > also provided public service to our community through the years, among > others — reaffirming the importance of and commitment to this work, in > direct reaction to your abstention at the previous meeting. After these > public comments, and some further discussion, you explained that you > abstained for what I would call technical reasons; namely, that the vote > was not in the agenda and there wasn't information about it in the packet, > so you hadn't read it. You then said that you do support the AIDE stance. > The School Committee Chair mentioned that in fact there were materials > regarding the AIDE stance in the packet as it is part of the budget which > was and has been under discussion in preparation for ATM. More generally, > of course, this work has been discussed extensively at School Committee > meetings since at least 2020. During the public comment discussion, the > METCO Liaison also mentioned that you had previous "abstain" votes around > this work, and that she has experienced microaggressions during her service > to the Committee and our shared community. Microaggressions can be hard to > understand for those of us who don't experience them; I know I am still > learning. For all of our benefit, I attach here a "cheat sheet" to > microaggressions that I found helpful (my PSA for the day!). As the > Committee member explained, in addition to the real documented mental and > physical health effects of microaggressions, it can "feel like death by a > thousand cuts." > > 2021 Dec 16 School Committee > > Public Comment, METCO Report, Deeper Learning Overview, FY23 Budget > Discussion, 2022-2023 School Calendar, CASE ... > <https://lincolntv.viebit.com/player.php?hash=RlFLGrGl97oJ> > > > > All of this leaves me wondering about your policy views around the AIDE > work. If you could kindly explain them, I would appreciate it. > > Perhaps even more importantly to me, it makes me wonder about where your > heart is on issues of equity, inclusion and diversity. It would be great > if you could share that as well. > > Finally, evidently there has been some damage done by your actions and > behavior on the School Committee to at least one other person on that > Committee, and many more beyond the Committee, based on all of the public > comments that came in response to your December 2nd vote. I'm wondering > what your views are about whether there is any need for repairing any of > those relationships and, if so, what your thoughts are about how you would > or will go about it? > > Finally, apologies for my ignorance, as I don't know when your term on the > School Committee is ending, but if it isn't ending this year, is your plan > to continue to serve on all of the School Committee, the Capital Committee > and the Select Board should your bid to become a Select prevail? > > To be very clear, I would not normally ask my fellow citizens these > questions in a public forum. Since you are a public servant running for > public office, I feel it is fair to do so as others may have similar > concerns to mine, and you also deserve to have an opportunity to respond to > such concerns as those I have raised — the real opportunity to earn my (and > others') vote and share your perspective(s) should you so choose. > > Thank you for your time and consideration, > Michelle Barnes > South Great Road > > > > On Saturday, January 15, 2022, 07:24:19 AM EST, Adam M Hogue < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Lincoln Community, > > > > I am pleased to announce my candidacy for the open seat on the Board of > Selects. I want to start by thanking James Craig for his years of service > to the town. > > > > Since moving to Lincoln 9 years ago, I have been a very active member of > our community. I have enjoyed helping to plan our Veterans Day events and > our 4th of July run, along with my involvement in other town events. I > have also been a member of the School Committee for the last few years and > serve on the Capital Planning Committee. > > > > I want to serve on the Select Board because I want to bring positive > change to Lincoln along with new ideas. While serving on our town > committees, I have learned that we need fresh ideas to make our town even > better while being fiscally responsible to the taxpayers of our town. > > > > I look forward to a great campaign and meeting everyone on the campaign > trail. I hope I can earn your vote! > > > *Adam M Hogue* > *50 Lincoln Road* > *Cell: **(978) 828-6184* > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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